#B9B146#B9B146

#B9B146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.128 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9B146
RGB	rgb(185, 177, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -10.50, 54.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 55.14, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0332 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.128 105)
XYZ	xyz(36.8365, 42.2020, 11.9986)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9B146 #464EB9

analogous

#B97746 #B9B146 #88B946

triadic

#B9B146 #46B9B1 #B146B9

tetradic

#B9B146 #46B977 #464EB9 #B94688

square

#B9B146 #46B977 #464EB9 #B94688

split-complementary

#B9B146 #4688B9 #7746B9

monochromatic

#605C24 #8D8735 #B9B146 #CAC472 #DBD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#B9B146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#B9B146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9B146

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9B146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9B146	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9b146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 177, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.128 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1c87e',
    500: '#b9b146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9b146;
$custom-light: #d1c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9b146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 45.098,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.42201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9B146

secondary

#9497C7

accent

#5CD553

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9B146

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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